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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

GOP undoes veto of Kansas map hurting Democrat; courts next

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Republican legislators in Kansas on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a redistricting plan that politically hurts the state's only Democrat in Congress, likely plunging Kansas into a national legal brawl amid the contest for control of the U.S. House.

The 85-37 vote in the Kansas House overturned Gov. Laura Kelly s veto of a map that splits the state's side of the Kansas City area between two districts, making it harder for U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids to win reelection this year. It also moves the liberal northeast Kansas enclave of Lawrence — home to the main University of Kansas campus — into a district with conservative central and western Kansas communities some six hours away by car.

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